“From mattresses to oily waste and syringes, mountains of illegal waste is piling up as the government stands by.” Filthy business: who will stop Britain’s illegal waste-dumping mafia? | George Monbiot | The Guardian
Congratulations to our client, Reddish Car Spares on being granted their new Environmental Permit for their new site at Durham street, Stockport. The new permit will enable the site to depollute up to 15,000 end of life vehicles and to strip parts for sale. AC Environmental wrote the site’s Environmental Management System & Fire Prevention…
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to Grist Environmental Ltd Recycling Centre, Monument Hill, Stert at 11:10pm yesterday (17 November), following reports of a waste fire at the site. Three fire crews were mobilised to the scene, two from Devizes and one from Calne along with the Command Support Unit from Swindon…
Two men have been convicted of waste crime after depositing, storing and dismantling end of life vehicles at their site without authorisation from the Environment Agency. Robert and Barry Rickman have been sentenced after they pleaded guilty at West Hampshire Magistrates Court. Robert Rickman – who operated a regulated facility illegally, namely a waste operation…
A Dereham garage proprietor has received a suspended prison sentence for storing waste illegally, despite repeated warnings from the Environment Agency. On 4 November 2021, Colin Barnes of Podmore Lane, Scarning, Dereham, appeared Norwich Magistrates’ Court. At this time he admitted storing end of life motor vehicles, car parts, gear boxes and suspension units illegally…
Today’s a big day for Premier Gravel of Macclesfield with the issue of their brand new Standard Rules Environmental Permit. Premier Gravel Direct have many years of experience providing a comprehensive set of aggregates for Landscapers, Builders and the DIY trade. the new permit will enable them to create a range of recycled aggregates on site to improve the…
Are the Environment Agency requiring you to produce a Fire Prevention Plan? A Fire Prevention Plan (FPP) is a document required and enforced by the Environment Agency as a condition of an Environmental Permit. Larger, high risk sites, and sites applying for new or varied environmental permits are being tasked with producing plans designed to…
The UK’s leading supermarkets have cut the number of single-use carrier bags used by 48% compared to 2006 levels, the Waste & Resources Action Programme announced in July. The achievement falls just short of a voluntary agreement to cut the number of single-use carry bags handed out by 50% by spring 2009. But what kind…
The government should introduce a scrappage scheme for domestic appliances in a bid to encourage households to buy more energy-efficient products, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The trade body today (August 17) revealed that it had written to Chancellor Alistair Darling urging him to explore the possibility of incentivising the purchase of energy…
Defra has today (September 24) published a new strategy aiming to improve the quality of soil in England. The report, ‘Safeguarding Our Soils’, highlights the importance of returning recycled materials such as compost and digestate to land, but it warned that the spreading of organic matter to land also represented “growing concern” due to the…